Halloween Socials and Club Meetings Highlight Local Society
A large group of Washington women attended a Pedventas event led by Miss Anna Scott who plans to move to Kingston Ontario for YWCA work. The Just Us club hosted four guests and a ghost themed party featured games and prizes with Mrs Will Sickles winning a prize. The Fortnightly club child study group discussed misunderstood children with Mrs Ralph Gibson and Mrs Ralph Shannon guiding the dialogue. A Halloween gathering at Steve Crawford's home boasted ghostly decor, games, and a cafeteria lunch with a black kettle centerpiece. Regular County Teachers Examinations will be held October 26 to 28 1921 in Washington Iowa under Clara M Wallace County Superintendent.
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Pedventas Attermouh
Anna Scott
Scott
Kingston
Ontario
C. O. Dayton
Just Us Club
Owen
Ruderick
Claude Davis
J. C. Ball
Tai
Spooks
Specters
Ots
Will Sickles
D. L. Carbaugh
C. R. Wilson
Bowers
Holler
Tucker
Ralph Gibson
Ralph Shannon
Flowers
Jungbluth
Ricke
Henderson
Kolahelo
Steve Crawford
Tate
Washington
Iowa
Moose Heart Representative Calls Special Meeting Tonight
A Moose Heart representative will hold a special meeting tonight. All members are urged to attend in good standing or not. D. C. Russell, secretary.
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Mooseheart
D. C. Russell
Woman Sentenced to Inebriate Ward at Mt Pleasant Hospital
Des Moines, Oct 20 Judge Hubert Utterback sentences a wife and mother to three years in the inebriate ward of the Mount Pleasant hospital for the insane after a family struggle with liquor. The husband and two sons weep as she is taken away. Inmates may be paroled after three months with weekly reports.
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Mount Pleasant
Polk County
Knoxville
Mt. Pleasant
Utterback
Independence
Postcard by Marcel Mauva Would Hold Seventy Seven Pages
An ordinary postcard sent to La Nature in Paris by Marcel Mauva contains 23 154 words and 125 000 letters making it readable to the naked eye. At about 300 words per page this would equal roughly seventy seven pages.
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Marcel Mauva
la Nature
Paris
Imprint of Spanish Shoe Found in Hawaii Lava Flow
Report from Hilo Hawaii describes a nearly perfect shoe imprint in a lava flow near the City of Refuge, suggesting possible pre 1575 visitation by Spaniards to Hawaii. Scientists note no lava flow evidence dating to that era and the mystery may remain unsolved.
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Java
Prioy
Hilo
Hawaii
T. H
Refuge
Hananan
Manuna Loa
Honaunanu
Hawaiian Territory
Rose fata' Fruits and varieties in orchard harvests
A regional note highlights common fruit types such as apples cherries plums peaches nectarines apricots strawberries and raspberries appearing in the garden. It mentions abundant harvests and the range of varieties grown in local orchards.
Brazil Seeks Corner on World Coffee Market
Brazil aims to control world coffee prices through a valorization plan. President Epitacio Pessoa says the program impacts national income beyond Sao Paulo, and officials claim near-term success in New York price influence. Opponents warn of triggering production in other countries and risking Brazil’s lead.
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Rio
Janeiro
Alexandre Biciliano
Valorization
Iae
New York
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Hic
United States
Porto Tiieo
Mexico
Columbia
Venezula
Brazil
Epitacio Pesaoa
Sao Panhlo
Japan
World coffee markets and U S consumption trends amid prohibition
The text notes that seven tenths of the world’s coffee is produced by one nation and warns that dominance can control prices. It cites a 1921-22 crop value of 15.5 million bags and a consumption figure of 18.499 million bags in 1919-26, with current year demand rising. The president attributes a real rise in U S coffee consumption to Prohibition.
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United States
Protest Valuation At Rock Island Washington Db C Oct 20
Protests against the interstate commerce valuation were filed in Rock Island and Washington with remarks on the Rock Island case. The notice indicates concerns surrounding valuation practices and regulatory oversight as of October 20.
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Washington
Db. C
Nebraska and Iowa clash over railroad valuation
Nebraska and Iowa state rail authorities filed protests with the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding valuation figures for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. The railroad filed a complaint yesterday arguing the tentative value is too low, while the state commissions countered that the value is excessive.
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Neree
Chicago, Rock Imatd
Pacific
Nebraska
Iowa
Iteaels
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Mussec
Gratomar
Clara M. Wallace
Eppel
White Way
Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Walnut Sunday School
Hallowe’en
Pautey Brown
Bethlehem Commandery
Knights Templar
No. 11
Myrtle Stewart
Rebekah Club
Carl Roberts
All . B. C
Ladies of Bethel Church
Harry Dye
Rebekah Lodge
Lyts
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Women's Interchurch Committee
A. M. F. Church
C. W. Stewart
Merle Lytle
North Cedar
Orvie Scott
West Chester
New Haven
Methodist
the Choir of
The
Christian Church
Washington County
SN Company
Frank R. Sagles
Madietary
Rock Island
Taupe Brown
Beaver
Milo
A. E. Atchison
Towa Success School
East Second Street
Otaumwa
L. Dalton
Gage Sailors
Gage
Clark & Enslin
West Side
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